Internet Safety Information

This advice is relevant to all parents and particularly to those whose children have a smart phone or are in the upper school.

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Moving to Secondary School – guide for parents

Message from Parent Council: Thanks to all who supported the Parent Council Halloween Parties last week, with your help we managed to raise an amazing £727.23 profit!  All the profits raised from Parent Council events go towards the life of the school. We also have enough left over from the Tuck Shop to provide every child with a snack and drink for the Pantomime in December. The next Parent Council meeting will take place at the school on the 14th of November at 6pm and it would be great to see as many of you there as possible. We are planning to hold a Christmas Fair on the 4th of December, and will be discussing this and other plans for the year at the meeting next week. Many thanks, Wormit PC

Money Matters: 

Please click here to see the  Money Matters poster: Money Matters November Dates 1

• Support, hints and tips with budgeting
• 2-day course in Cupar County Buildings on 18^th and 19^th November
• 10:00 – 12:00 both days
• First come first served, limited spaces
• Last sign up date 14^th November at welfaresupport.northeastfife@fife.gov.uk

Please make sure you have a note of all the dates in this busy term:

Friday 15th November
Inset Day – School Closed to pupils for staff development

Thursday 21st November
Newport Festival evening junior choir – more information to follow

Tuesday 3rd December
P1 Health Checks

Tuesday 10th December
P4-P7 Christmas Performance at 2pm – More information to follow

Thursday 12th December
P4-P7 Christmas Performance at 6pm – More information to follow – children will need to be back at school between 5.30 and 5.40 to get into their costume. They should be collected at the end of the show by an adult. Please keep this date free so that your child can attend the show – if you already have a prior arrangement and they can’t come, please let us know as soon as possible. Many thanks.

Tuesday 17th December
M & M Christmas Pantomime in school in the morning – please pay the £6 per child contribution via iPayImpact when you can. No need for uniform today, children can come to school in own clothes including a Christmas jumper if they would like.

Primary 6 and 7 Party in the afternoon –  your child can come to school in party clothes as it is the panto day.

Wednesday 18th December
Primary 4 and 5 Party – in the afternoon – your child can bring party clothes to school to change into after lunch.

Friday 20th December

Last Day of Term – Church service at 9.30am – all P1-7 children will walk down with their class. P1-3 children will be leading the service this year.  All parents are welcome to come to the church for the service – nursery parents are welcome to bring their child if they think they would enjoy it and drop them back at nursery afterwards.

Primary 1 – 3 party – in the afternoon – your child can bring party clothes to school to change into after lunch.

Save the Date

Parent Council are organising a Christmas Fair on Wednesday 4th December – more details will follow.

Toy Drive

Wormit Primary will once again be a collection point for this year’s Toy Drive which will run between 1st November—30th November. We will be collecting gifts for boys & girls ages between 0-18. Gifts must be NEW and UNWRAPPED. Donations can be handed in at the school office and will then be collected and distributed to Children and Families in need.

Poppies

Poppies will go on sale from Monday 4th November. Please send your child with a coin if you would like them to buy one. The House Captains will take them round the classes each day until Friday 8th November.

Girls Football

Cupar Youth Musical Theatre presents;

Alice in Wonderland – click here for details

Upcoming dates:

Wednesday 30th October
Parent Council Halloween Disco

Thursday 31st October
Halloween Costume and Craft – P1-7 children should come to school in uniform but are welcome to bring a simple costume to change into after lunch for Halloween craft and activities. Nursery children can wear uniform all day.

Friday 1st November
Tempest Photographer will take individual and sibling photos. If you would like a photo with a different group (e.g. a group of cousins) please contact the school office. As long as you have given
permission for photos, all children will have their photo taken unless you contact the school office to opt them out. Pre-school siblings can be brought to school at 8.30 to have them included in a photo
with your nursery/school age children. We can’t accommodate secondary ages siblings. There is no obligation to buy.

Friday 15th November
Inset Day – School Closed to pupils for staff development

Thursday 21st November
Newport Festival evening junior choir (all P3 and 4 children) will be invited to come and sing in the evening – more details will follow.

Panto – Nursery and P1-7 Pupils

Following the success of last year’s in school performance, we have booked M&M to come and perform Snow White in the school hall for all pupils. We are asking for a donation of £6 per child towards the cost of hiring M&M. Please pay for your child when you are able by using the ipayimpact fund called ‘M&M Panto’ – the fund will stay open until the date of the performance (17th December)

Safety at School

Children should not wear hooped or dangling earrings or acrylic/false nails to school. They are not practical or safe for activities during school time. We also discourage make up of any sort for primary aged children and would ask parents to support us in that and encourage your child to save make up for special occasions. Though we don’t draw attention to older children wearing a little bit of discrete make up or nail polish.

P7 Transition Information

Click here for a reminder of the up coming open evenings

Halloween Safety Information

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Bonfire Night Safety Information

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Poetry Competition

Click here for details

Newport-on-News in conjunction with The Newport Podcast and The Rio are looking for entries to our Newport Poetry Competition and we wondered if the children at school would like to take part.  I have attached a poster for your information. It can be in any form, long or short, a sonnet or a limerick.  If we get more than 20 entries, we will publish them in a special book.  We will also read them out on the podcast (or you can read your own) and have a special evening at The Rio where we can read them out.

All ages and prizes will be given out.

It just has to have a connection to Newport or Wormit

All entries to newportontaytv@gmail.com or hand into The Rio.

If you would like any further information, please contact Simon at newportontaytv@gmail.com

Message from Active Schools

Calling all local dancers! Starting this Thursday 31st, Halloween Day, from 16:00 – 17:00, we’re offering a FREE 4-week dance class for kids! They’ll explore a variety of dance styles including Lyrical, Highland, Ballet, and Hip-Hop!
📅 Every Thursday (October 31^st – November 28^th)  | 15:45 – 16:45
📍 Hosted by the University Dance Club at Saints Sports
💃 Open to all skill levels!
Bookings can be made via telephone on 01334 462190 or emailing the reception team at Sportsreception@st-andrews.ac.uk
The University Dance Club can’t wait to see them shine on the dance floor! Limited spaces available – Sign up now!

Lego Club at the Library

The Decider Skills – Parents and Carers Workshop

This workshop is for parents and carers of children and young people aged 8 years and over. The aim of this workshop is to learn fun filled strategies, based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy skills to support your child or young person’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/2ib1FySHgf

Halloween Parties

We are excited for the parties next week. A huge thank you to all the parents who are busy getting ready for them. The details all came home earlier in the week and the tuckshop list is here. Please make sure your child knows what they are allowed to buy and eat if you are not going to be with them.

Drinks: Tesco Apple/Blackcurrant drink, Tesco Orange drink, Capri Sun Orange, Capri Sun Apple/Blackcurrant 

Crisps: Tesco Crisps – various flavours, Tesco Snacks – Onion Rings/ Bacon Rashers/ Cheese Puffs

 Sweets/Chocolate: Toffee Crisp, Wispa, Dairy Milk, Twirl, Crunchie, Double Decker, KitKat Chunky, Haribo

 Moaom for prizes

Are there any budding horse riders out there?

One of our P6 pupils is having good success in show jumping. His mother is going to sign him up British Show Jumping ‘Just for Schools’ league and he will compete as an individual for our school. If there any other pupils with a similar interest and talent, it may be possible for the parents to get together to form a team. If your child is a rider and you are interested, please contact me at lucy.jess@fife.gov.uk. This is not a school organised event, it would be an arrangement between parents but entering the Just for Schools league opens up opportunities and I am delighted to see the school represented.

Fife Council Funded Course

• Introduction to Microsoft 365, including:
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel (spreadsheets)
  • Word
• AI for work
• Maths anxiety
• Digital numeracy skills

• Age 19+
• Lives, works or volunteers in Fife
• Does NOT have a Nat 5 maths or equivalent (Intermediate 2 pass; Standard grade Credit, grade 1 or 2; O’Level grade C+)

Taybridgehead Foodbank Collection

Ahead of our Harvest Service on Friday  4th October we will once again this year be collecting donations for the Taybridgehead Foodbank. The food bank is seeking donations of “food, toiletries and any other consumables that would help with making life that bit better for someone.  We do ask that they be of a good standard as well as having a ‘use by’ date that permits us to distribute them.”

Donations can be left/gathered at the school office.

Halloween Parties – Save the Date!

Parent Council are planning to run the Halloween Parties on Wednesday 30th October:

6pm-7pm: Nursery and P1-3

7.15-8.15pm: P4-7

There will be a collection on the door to cover costs – suggested donation £2 per child.

There will dancing and a costume parade. We are hoping to provide a tuckshop as well but at this point we are light on helpers.

In the last two years we have had tattoos, games and a quiet colouring area as well. We would like to do those activities again this year but at this point there are not enough helpers.

If you are able to Volunteer on the night, please contact wormitparent@gmail.com to let them know your availability.

Parent Council Meeting – Save the Date

I really enjoyed meeting with the four members of the parent council last night. We discussed the Halloween disco and I showed them out new sensory room and discussed the school improvement plans moving forward.

We are felt it would be helpful if I shared some information about Parent Council with you.

Parent Council is run by parents for the families of the school. It has a variety of roles:

• Fundraising
• Organising events
• Discussing policies and the life and work of the school
• Discussing matters of interest to a group of parents
• Formal involvement in inspections and appointing a headteacher

There are three layers to Parent Council:

• The elected members – chair, vice chair (or two joint chairs), treasurer and secretary.
• Ordinary members – people who are member of the council, come to as many meetings as possible, help plan meetings and events
• The Parent Forum – all parents/carers with a child at Wormit Primary school and nursery – if you have a child at our school you are already, therefore, a member of the parent forum. You can come to meetings, join in with events, ask for items to be put on the agenda and speak at meetings.

We currently have four parents actively involved with parent council but we really need more to spread the work load. I know there are two more parents eager to join and I am looking forward to seeing them at a meeting. I would be great to have more people still!

Parent Council meetings are not my meetings, they belong to the parents. I attend when invited and I share information at the request of the chair. They are informal and usually quite a nice evening! It is a great way to meet other parents and get more involved with school and make your voice heard. If there is something you feel could be better about our school – Parent Council is a good forum for this to be discussed. You can contact the group at wormitparent@gmail.com with any items you would like placed on the agenda and to volunteer to get involved.

The next meeting will be on 14^th November at 6pm in the school.

Lucy Jess (Headteacher)

Neurodevelopmental Pathway in Fife

The ND Pathway is the route we now use in Fife to support children who might be developing differently from their peers. the pathway puts a focus on support ahead of assessment. If you child has already been referred for an assessment of neurodiversity and it was accepted, they will move onto this pathway. If you have concerns about your child’s development, social skill, communication or learning then you will be interested in finding out more about the ND pathway.

Please click here to read about the new Fife Neurodevelopmental Pathway

We always encourage you to discuss concerns with us at school. We can help you access support and our assessment in school is a key part of any assessment process. We can identify dyslexia and dyscalculia in school following a period of assessment and observation. Other neuro-diversities are identified through the ND pathway. Not every child with a neurodiversity needs an assessment, often putting supports and strategies in place is enough. If you ever have any concerns about your child’s development, please raise them with us and I would strongly recommend you go to one of the upcoming ND Pathway Roadshows.

Please click here to find out about upcoming Roadshows 

Rag Bag Collection

There will be a Rag Bag Collection taking place on 25/09/2024. Please Bring Bags into school the day before the collection date. Thank you  

General Permissions/Annual Data Check

A reminder that if you haven’t already handed in your child’s general permission form and annual data check form to do so as soon as possible. It is important to return them to us every year to make sure your contact details are up to date should we need to contact you in an emergency.

Flu Vaccine

Flu Vaccines will be taking place in school on Monday 30th September

Message from Active Schools

Anti-Bullying Work

We have been working on the development of our anti-bullying policy which I will share with you in draft form for your comments in the next week or so.

All term we will be focussing on anti-bullying at assembly.

Last week we discussed firmly telling someone if they do something you don’t like and seeking help from an adult if they don’t stop. We also discussed THINK before you speak: is what you are about to say True, Helpful, Inspiring Necessary and Kind – if its not, will you say it? This also applies to sending messages! Click here to see the visual we use in school. 

This week we have discussed how our school values link to anti-bullying. Click here to see the visual we use in school.

After P1-7 Assembly I spoke to the Nursery children about our school value of friendship and the importance of being Kind, Gentle and Helpful to keep everyone safe and happy at Nursery.

PE Kit Reminder

I sent home details about your child’s PE days last week. With regards to their kit, they should bring shorts (thigh length) or jogging trouser, a t-shirt and a hoody/fleece if needed.

We do not have a PE uniform, this is to keep the costs down for parents but please note the following is not allowed for PE:

• Team colours, this includes any sport and any team. If your child supports or belongs to a team, they should not bring that clothing for PE. I have explained to the children today that this is because they are not playing in a team during PE lessons.
• Vest tops, crop tops or very short shorts. I have explained to the children that this is to avoid sunburn or sore falls in the hall.
• Inappropriate slogans. If possible send plain clothes for PE – colour doesn’t matter.
• In line with our social media and mobile phone policy, after Christmas, no items branded with online games or apps can be worn for PE – this includes Minecraft, Roblox, Tik Tok etc

If your child has hair long enough to be tied back, please send them to school with it tied back on PE days. Older children can bring a bobble as long as they do tie it back for the lesson. All jewellery should stay at home on PE days to be safe as it must be removed for the lesson. This includes earrings. If your child can take their earrings in and out themselves then can wear them to school but must remove them. If they can;t manage that, the should leave their earrings at home. If it is the first few months after having them pierced so they can’t remove them, please send them in with tape so that they can cover them for safety.

I have also reminded the children at assembly today that earrings should be studs (or stud sized) for school – no hoops or dangles please.

We are grateful for your support over this.

Dates for the Year

These will come out next week electronically and a paper copy will be sent home with all children.

Summer Reading Challenge

It’s not too late!

Newport Library is open tomorrow from 10-1pm. If your child has finished reading their six books, they can collect their medal and certificate and get entered into our finishers prize draw to win one of seven £20 Amazon vouchers or an author visit to the school during Book Week Scotland!

If your child did complete the reading challenge, please encourage them to bring their medal into school so that we can celebrate their success.

Borrow Audio Books Online for Free

Listening to audio books is a great way to explore stories as a family. Fife Libraries provide audio books for free through the Libby App. Click here for more details.

Message from Active Schools

Active Schools are currently running a volunteer recruitment drive within the Madras College Cluster, in which we are looking for volunteers to support us in the delivery and support of Extra Curricular sporting activity.
As you may be aware Active Schools Fife aim to provide more quality opportunities to take part in sport  and physical activity before, during lunchtime and after the school day and develop effective pathways between schools and sports clubs in the local community. We are currently striving to recruit volunteers both with or without experience in sport within the Madras College Cluster.
It is important to us to have volunteers input into your school where appropriate to provide a sense of belonging within the school and community.
This year we aim to:
– Increase the number of extra-curricular opportunities within our cluster schools.
– Consider targeted provision that best suits your schools needs.

Could you be a volunteer?

There are a number of different roles volunteers can carry out. These include – coaching, assisting the delivery of activity sessions, supporting events, refereeing, admin, marketing and mini bus driving. Training and support will be provided and volunteers with Active Schools have opportunities to learn new skills, gain experience and often qualifications. You can decide how often you would like to volunteer, we are flexible in our approach and we will work around your availability.
If you have a keen interest in a specific sport or just sport in general please fill out the below application form to begin your volunteering journey at your local primary school or at Madras College.

https://forms.office.com/e/VMFPQYkQ7G

Thank you,
Madison Garland
Active Schools Coordinator
Madras College Cluster
e: madison.garland@fife.gov.uk

Summer Reading Challenge

This starts tomorrow! Pauline visited us at Assembly today to share the details. We encourage you to get involved if you can: Click Here for Details.

Waterstone Crook Football Camps

Please click here for information.

Cafe Inc

Café Inc will be back during the summer holidays for children and young people across Fife. It is a free lunch club providing tasty, healthy meals for our children and young people while our schools are closed during the holidays. No need to book, just turn up. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult, who can also have a meal.

Cafe Inc venues will all be listed on our interactive map, which is available along with other advice and help with the Cost of Living, at our.fife.scot/gethelp

Click here for information about the St Andrews Area

On Behalf of Public Health Scotland

You may be aware that we are currently seeing an increase in the number of people getting ill with measles.

If your child is about to start P1, please read this letter.

If your child is about to start S1, please read this letter.

It’s the Newport Festival Tomorrow

Here is the programme for the day:

Message from Active Schools

Dear Parent/Carer,

I am delighted to showcase all of the fantastic opportunities our young people and families have across the local area to participate in sport and physical activity. The below SWAY details all of the club and partners community session information! Please click the link below to access a whole new community through sport!

 https://sway.cloud.microsoft/6dURYxOpRfvxWk8e?ref=Link

 A reminder that Active Schools are running Family engagement sessions across week 1 of the holidays too and that we are still adding to these sessions! To register click the link below 

https://forms.office.com/e/X0PbMQfKTt

 Please note our Community Use camp is now fully booked, however, we are operating a wait list. 

 Thank you,

Madison Garland 

Newport Festival

Click here for information:Newport Festival Poster

Reports

Children in their pre-school nursery year and in P1-7 will bring home their school report on Friday of next week (21^st June). Please take time to read the report with your child and complete the feedback sheet together.

Seesaw Next Year

The cost of Seesaw to the school has increased a lot and it is not longer viable for us to afford it for P1-7. Next year, Nursery will continue to use Seesaw but P1-7 will not, instead they will have a dedicated page on the school website on which teachers will share examples of learning from the class. More info will follow in August.

Procedures

Ahead of next year, if your child will be in P1-7, please read the updated procedures sheet: A-Z (glowscotland.org.uk) A papercopy will also come home with the reports.

If your child will be in Nursery, please make sure you are familiar with the procedures in the nursery booklet: Wormit-Nursery-Handbook-May2024.pdf (glowscotland.org.uk)

Dates

Please check you know the dates for the rest of the year:

Tuesday 18^th June – Nursery Sports Day at 10am – parents invited to watch

If the planned Sports Days are wet, back up for Nursery is Wed 19^th or Friday 21^st. The times will stay the same.

Wednesday 19^th June – P7 Show at 6.30pm – all P7 parents are invited. There is space in the hall for each child to have 4 guests (anyone 3 or under can sit on an adult’s lap and not be included in that total. We won’t issue tickets – please just come along. If your family doesn’t need as many as 4 seats, please let other know in case they need more.

Friday 21^st June – P1-7 and pre-school Nursery Children bringing reports home

Friday 28^th June

– Last day of term

– End of Year Service at 9.30am in the Church. All P1-7 pupils will attend with their teacher. All parents are welcome to join us. Nursery parents can bring their child with them.

Extra-Curricular Clubs

Over the last couple of weeks, a few parents have indicated to us that they would like the school to offer more extra curricular activities at lunch time and after school. In particular there has been an expression of interest in a  girl’s football club. We are always keen to provide as many opportunities as possible but we are reliant on volunteers to do so. I have contacted Madison at active schools and she is happy to support us in a recruitment drive. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in coaching a sports or activities club at our school, please click here to complete a form. More information is provided in the form. While there seems to be a particular interest in girl’s football we are also interested in hearing from someone keen to offer mixed of boy’s football and in hearing from someone keen to offer other sports and activities for younger children. Feel free to share the link – Active Schools carry out PVG checks and offer support to all their volunteers.

Summer Sandcastle Competitions

Everyone likes a free event in the summer! Click here for information…

Tesco Stronger Starts

Just a reminder that voting for Balmerino Parent Council’s project to set up a school library is currently open in Dundee Tesco Stores – closing at the end of June. If you are in store, and don’t have a link to either of the other projects, I would love it if you could support my other school.

Message from Active Schools